Where does “スマトラトラ” come from?

スマトラトラ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 虎 — a tiger.

スマトラトラ (Japanese): a Sumatran tiger

Definitions

  1. a Sumatran tiger

Ancestry of “スマトラトラ”, step by step

スマトラトラ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesea tiger

via Japanese スマトラ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseスマトラ
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